Posts tagged as "links" - Chris Hardie

Let's see, how am I doing on my target of blogging three times per week in 2010?  FAIL.  Actually, January and February were pretty good, but March has been sorely lacking.  I will for now use the excuse of "I was busy" and throw in some specifics like "I was planning an open house" and "I was writing a new vacation policy for my staff," but I don't expect you to be any more forgiving as a result.  Let's see if I can start to get back on track. In the meantime, as a distraction, here are some...

Things feel kind of in limbo right now, don't they?  What are you in between?  While you think about that, here are some links you might enjoy: Have a young one or someone who gets overwhelmed by the language in standard Wikipedia articles?  Try Simple Wikipedia, which only uses simple English words and grammar. Jim Hair posted a Youtube video of photographs from his trip to the Inauguration.  He's got DVDs available too. Literal Music Videos - what your favorite artists were really trying...

I've got a few "real" blog posts in the works (instead of random stories about cables installers, ahem), but for now, here are some links of possible interest: How DO you end parenthetical statements with emoticons? I'd really like to know. Make your own handwriting font - I used to dream about this kind of tool when I was a kid.  Really. Wayne County Veg*n Resources - Aaron and Mel FINALLY write a blog together, and it's actually a great compilation of food/restaurant reviews and tips,...

I haven't had the chance to blog lately, but here are some bits and pieces to chew on. First, some links: Friday's episode of On the Media was excellent as usual, but did an especially good job of covering the strange way the 11 PM Eastern network television calling of the election works, cognitive dissonance around the world about electing Barack Obama, and difference between real grassroots organizing and just another marketing campaign. Great stuff. Clearing Up Basic Misunderstandings...

I don't feel guilty for not blogging for a while, no I sure don't. Guilt is certainly not why I'm posting a bunch of random (but great) links for you to look at. Nope, not at all: Hospitality for the Coming Age: Sharing in the midst of scarcity: Anna Lisa's new blog chronicling her ministry formation work around sharing resources - food, listening, time, hope - when such things are scarce. Brand new, ready for your comments! indexed: astute and sometimes funny observations about the state...

It's been a while since I posted one of these, here are a few highlights from my Delicious link feed: Dave Pollard's process flowchart for blogging [GIF] travis poling, the blog - A new blog by Travis, who's taking blogging to a new level Bikes as Transportation - A new blog by Mark, locally based but globally appealing: Three great local/regional food blogs I've come to know recently: Middle West Meals, Indieats, and Going Local. Indianapolis Startup Weekend - anyone want to go start up a tech...

These "links for the week" posts are a lame substitute for real blog posts, but I hope you enjoy them anyway. I'm working on some other entries about my experience with "power off day," my preferred task list organization system (it's NOT GTD), the difficulties of personal change in a vacuum, and more on media coverage of energy prices - so stay tuned. But for now: Smaller Indiana, a social networking site for Indiana people, with an apparent trend toward IT/design professionals. It's built...

The "pros and cons of a global distributed network" edition: Do you depend on Gmail or Google Calendar? Did you know they're not ready for production use yet? The Rockridge Institute, a progressive think tank (THE progressive think tank for many) abruptly closes its doors because there wasn't enough money coming in. But as a part of their exit, the description of "The Big Job" to be done is compelling, and so life goes on. I love a good idea I've never heard of before, and this place has lots...

What kinds of information the NSA is collecting about your communications - it's not paranoia if they're really after you. And they have really cool PDAs to do it with. The Feminist Review - bloggers calling patriarchy as they see it Geni - free Web 2.0 enabled online genealogy software The Onion nails it again: You know what's stupid? Everything I don't understand - "God, all the people, places, and things I haven't made the least bit of effort to comprehend should just die already." Get...

The "I'm too busy with the dog show to blog for real so I'll grow them a linkfarm" edition: Popping Culture Blog by Michelle Manchir: Michelle's journalistic efforts at the Palladium-Item are some of the more refreshingly comprehensive and useful to come along in a while, and her blog entries are turning out to be similarly insightful. Peter Suber of Earlham College Gets Win for Open-Access at Harvard: Peter was a professor of mine at Earlham, and is one of the most interesting and intelligent...